Shalom!  My name is David Cohen. I was raised in Chicago by a Conservative Jewish family that kept kosher (in the home) and observed a Sabbath dinner. At the age of ten, my parents took my three sisters, my brother, and I to Israel for the summer. At that young age I developed a real sense of connection with the land of Israel and my Jewish identity. I returned to America a Ba'al Tshuva.

 

In 1994, my brother and his family moved to Israel and I followed in 1998. I studied in Yeshiva in Har Nof for two years before buying a house near my brother in the lovely town of Ma'ale Michmas. After six months of looking for more substancial income, I decided to use my business degree and former experience with pizza in the States. I also felt that establishing a local pizzaria would benefit the town and the many soldiers passing through to the large army base nearby. Through the years it went from a simple pizza take-out to a diner which also offers falafel, ice cream, snacks and sweets.